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>> walking up there, i felt bad to win because there so many great causes. >> i've met so many of the other heroes, i'm really moved by their stories and all the things they do around the world. i'm going to give ten grand to each of them, because they're awesome. >> i split the money and gave 10,000 to each different hero, the other nine. >> chad says his decision to share his prize money with the other top cnn heroes was a spur of the moment call. but he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his portion. >> a little less-known thing we do is grow trees. a lot of people know it's for river c...

And like i'm moved by all their stories, all the things they do around the world. and i'm just going to give $10,000 to each of them because they're awesome. that's why i split the money. and i gave $10,000 to each hero, the other nine. >> chad says his decision to share his prize money with the other top-10 cnn heroes was a spur-of-the-moment call, but he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his portion. >> a little less known thing that living lands & waters does is we grow trees. a lot of people know us for river cleanups. my goal was to get a million trees planted. i used the money to he...

Trash, keep the planet cleaner. he says cnn has helped him do all this and more. >> since 2013, a lot has happened. by the end of this year i'll have done and helped facility over a thousand river cleanups. and have worked side by side with over 100,000 volunteers. >> make piles every hundred feet. >> and removed over 10 million pounds of garbage. it's really cool. all you need to do is just change your world. whatever that is. the river for me was my world. you know, i didn't like the problem, i was doing something about it. >> tie your bags up and we're headed back. [ cheering ] >> thanks a ...

Amount that humans dumped into this river. >> this is the fun part. ♪ >> i'm not sure how i assumed this particular position -- however, we're still being held hostage by an extreme bloody do-gooder on a quicksoughtic mission. >> are we got to meet our quota today? >> no no. >> what's the quota? >> more. [ laughter ] >> love that answer. more. here he is mike rowe. mike so disappointed you're not sitting next to me but i'm thrilled to have you on the show. how are you, my friend? >> i feel like i'm right there, brooke with you. >> the spirit is here. tweeting me asking if you would sing an a...